REMEMBER WHEN DEMOCRATS COMPLAINED ABOUT “MCJOBS?” WELL: “We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers”: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report. “The growth of low-wage jobs helps explain why the majority of Americans continue to believe the economy is in recession, despite a falling unemployment rate – now down to a four-year low of 7.4% – a record-setting stock market rally and a rebound in the housing market.” Because for them, it is.